There is not a subject in which I take a deeper interest than I do in the development of Alaska, and I propose, if Congress will follow by recommendations, to do something in that territory that will make it move on.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.
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I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.
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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
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Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
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Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in God, and charity toward man.
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Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office.
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The truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
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In the public interest, therefore, it is better that we lose the services of the exceptions who are good Judges after they are seventy and avoid the presence on the Bench of men who are not able to keep up with the work, or to perform it satisfactorily.
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We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.
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I don’t know the man I admire more than [Charles Evans] Hughes. If ever I have the chance I shall offer him the Chief Justiceship.
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I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
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The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
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